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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Celebrates 4/20 With $10M in Grants for Recreational Cannabis Businesses

Guillermo C. Artiles, a partner with McCarter & English and chair of the firm's government affairs practice, said that by providing a grant program with hard dollars for startup costs, the Murphy administration has provided real incentive to first-time entrepreneurs.
4 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: The FTC, FDA and Congress Spin a CBD-Regulation Web | What Realtors Are Saying About Cannabis Properties | Kratom Class Action Filed | Latest Wave of Cannabis Bills Filed

While the FTC is warning CBD companies, again, Congress is warning the FDA about CBD regulation.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

CBD or Not to Be? Pa. Liquor Licensees and CBD Regulations

Pennsylvania liquor licensees want to sell these CBD products, but they are confronted with confusing and sometimes conflicting guidance.
8 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: Washington State Eyes Cross-Border Cannabis Sales | Fieldfisher Hires Cannabis Regulatory Partner | Lawyers Help Seal Hexo-Tilray Deal | Whistleblower Proposal Targets Illegal Sales

Washington is about to join Oregon and California in preparing for interstate cannabis sales. But don't expect to see cannabis-laden big rigs rolling through the West Coast for a while.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Medical-Marijuana Doctor Sues State After Undercover Probe

Dr. Joseph Dorn, who has practiced in Florida for more than three decades, was one of the state's first physicians to begin ordering marijuana for patients after voters passed a 2016 constitutional amendment broadly authorizing medical marijuana use.
4 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: More Licenses, More Problems in New York | Cannabis Law Veteran Launches New York Firm | Litigators Weigh Medical Marijuana's Future in Georgia | Delaware On the Cusp of Recreational-Use Law, Again

Even though New York just released a batch of new dispensary licenses, "at the end of the day, it's challenging for the clients and for the professionals who are assisting clients in this industry because there's just so many obstacles associated with the federal illegality of cannabis," said Robert DiPisa, co-chair of the cannabis law group at Cole Schotz.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

99 Licenses—and New Problems—for NY Cannabis Lawyers

"I think it's unlikely in my lifetime that I could be involved with another industry where you have conflicting state and federal laws, and you need to navigate your clients through those obstacles," one attorney said.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Litigators Weigh Implications as Medical Marijuana Legislation Stalls at Adjournment

The lawyers representing the protesting companies argued that, if this legislation was passed and additional licenses were made available, their lawsuits would be moot, as their clients would have gotten what they wanted—more licenses.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Cannabis Industry Lawyer: Legalization Could Bring Business to Delaware

Despite the First State's existing medical marijuana program and its reputation as a business hub, the state currently doesn't have many attorneys focusing on the legal cannabis industry, but demand could increase.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY's Social-Equity Program Under Fire Again—This Time From Its Own Medical Marijuana Licensees

The CARSC plaintiffs are seeking to invalidate the Office of Cannabis Management's (OCM) roll-out of the conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) program as inconsistent with certain provisions of the MRTA.
7 minute read

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